1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for January, 1954 245
George Peterson, briefly welcomed the visiting alumni
and actives prraent with their ladies, commended the
General Dance Chairman, Jim Schram, Decorations Chairman,
Dick Gray, and their committee for their excellent
arrangements, and turned the major portion of the intermission
time over to the Qregon Alpha Chorister, John
Krohn, who led the group in the singing of old and new
Phi favorite songs. An innovation this year was the setting
up of a President's Table as a means of recognizing
and honoring the past presidents of the local alumni
chapter. The Portland Alumni Club has taken action
to establish a closer relationship with the active chapters
of Oregon Alpha, Beta and Gamma by authorizing the
appointment of a liaison officer from the alumni group
for each of the active chapters. The function of the liaison
officer wiU be to post the active chapter on the current
functions of the alumni group; to meet with the actives
and see if there are any problems in which the alumni
group may be ot assistance in working with them to
bring about a solution; to meet with the Seniors and
before graduation to present to those from the local area,
or those who will locate in the Portland area, with a
free membership card for the current year in the Portland
Alumni Club which will also place them on the
mailing list. The free membership cards were presented
for the first time last May to this group of graduating
Seniors, and this larger program is the outgrowth of the
need as expressed by both the actives and the alumni.
The liaison officer for Oregon Alpha is Richard Gray
and for Oregon Beta Ralph Floberg, with appointment
to be made for Gamma GEORGE L. PETERSON, President.
ST. LOUIS
THE MONTHLY LUNCHEONS at the Forest Park Hotel have
been receiving excellent response and we have been
fortunate in being able to obtain speakers for the
luncheons who are especiaUy quaUfied in their field.
Brother Guy Thompson, Trustee of the Missouri-Pacific
Railroad spoke at the Novembei' meeting on some of his
experiences in connection with the Railroad's receivership
proceedings which proved to be most interesting,
and Colonel Lawrence B. Feagin, who is in charge of the
United States Engineer's Office for the Upper Division
of the Mississippi River, spoke at the December meeting
on the importance of the Mississippi River to this area
and some of the steps being taken to prombte and maintain
the use of the river and its facilities. Plans for the
annual Christmas party were completed and it was held
at Belvedere Joe's with fun for aU, including among the
attendance prizes a ping pong table which was donated
by Dave Jeffry, who recently moved to this area from
Kansas City. Brother Jeffry's ideas transported from the
Kansas City Alumni Club have proven to be most interesting
RICHARD H. ELY, Reporter,
Undergraduate News
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fraternity sports supremacy race. Although our football
team didn't come through as weU as we expected, we
gained enough points to put us in second place. Then we
took two first places in the tennis tournament and a first
place in the voUeybaU tourney, and now we are on top.
Basketball is king and although it looks as if it wiU be a
hard fight, Wisconsin Beta should come out of the season
in first place. December 10 we held our annual Winter
formal at the Memorial Union and through the work ot
Stretch Hart and his committee it was one of the most
successful formals of the year..As far as college sports
go, the Phis at Lawrence have two men on the starting
basketball team. Stretch Hart and Mory Locklin are the
Announce Date of Washington
Founders Day Diimer
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Founders Day will be
observed here Saturday, March 20, at the Carleton
Hotel at 6:30 P.M. AU Phis living or visiting in
this area are most welcome. This is the place to
meet a chapter brother—one of the outstanding
events for Phis. Our President, Marty Heflin,
has unusual plans to make this the best in a long
line of most successful and pleasant evenings for
Phis. CaU George S. Ward if you are not on our
mailing list.—CARL A. SCHEID.
two tall men on the team, each standing 6'4''- Hart is
the starting center and Locklin is at one of the starting
forward posts. Jerry Webers and Chuck Cappetta are
spending most of their time trying to lose weight in order
to keep in their wrestUng weight class. Webers wrestles
in the 147-pound class and Cappetta in the 135-pound
class. Howie Boor is captaining the Lawrence swimming
team this year, and along with being a fine swimmer.
Boor is doing a great job as captain. Eai;lier this year,
some of the Lawrence Phis went down to the University
of Wisconsin campus to visit with the brothers at Wisconsin
Alpha and to see the Wisconsin-Illinois game. All
the Lawrence Phis were impressed with the strong bond
of brotherhood that exists between them and the Wisconsin
Alpha chapter.—DONALD CARLSEN, Reporter.
WYOMING ALPHA, University of Wyoming.—Homecoming,
the big event of the Fall quarter on the Wyoming
campus, saw Wyoming Phis show their colors as they
won first place for the most original float in the Homecoming
parade with a 24-foot rocket of silver and blue
with the theme, "Rocket through BYU, WU." We placed
third in the Homecoming Sing though the competition
was close, and we received much acclaim for our renditions
of "It's a Grand Night For Singing" and "Always
This Song Haunts Me Ever." Our Fall quarter dance,
given by the pledges in honor of the active chapter, was a
huge success and the pledge class deserved the praise they
received for one of the best dances on the Laramie campus
in a number of years. In intramural competition the Phis
came out with second place finishes in both FaU sports,
footbaU and wrestUng. The points piled up by our
intramural athletes were enough to place us in a first
place tie in aU over competition, however. The Christmas
season was celebrated at a chapter party, when actives
and pledges exchanged gifts and each composed an
appropriate verse about one of the brothers or Phikeias.
After the party the activity ceased as the campus went
into dead week, the traditional week of "study only"
before final exams. Our serenading ceremony became a
usual sight on sororit^r row, as an unusual number of
Phis became pinned during FaU quarter. Our Phi Delt
serenade, with the honored Phi standing in the middle
of a flaming red heart is a much awaited traditional honor
for all Phis and their sweethearts. Stronger, more stringent
scholastic requirements of aU members and pledges have
developed in Wyoming Alpha a concentrated effort to
raise the standing of the chapter scholasticaUy. President
Jack O'Neill attended the Interfratemity Council Convention
in Cincinnati. He was the delegate from the
University of Wyoming Interfraternity Council. Phi
Don Cluxton made news by smashing the state's marksmanship
record. Cluxton, who is captain of the Wyoming
rifle team, last year won the state championship and is
recognized as one of the leading marksmen in the state.
—^DANIEL DOHERTY, Reporter.